half day at Apple

Like an old fuzzy TV with no signal. My Mac seemed as if it would be out for weeks. I have never had a hardware problem (that I didn’t cause myself) on any of my Macs for as long as I can remember, and I got my first Mac in 2000. After a week long vacation I cam back to the office with the idea of catching back up. I moved the mouse which woke up the screen and as soon as I clicked on Firefox the screen went to a white fuzzy flashing mess. I went through a series of troubleshooting ideas, the first of which was the coincidence of being gone from the office. Is someone playing a joke on me?

After booting from the Mac Install disc and seeing the same problem, I concluded that it was not a software issue. Getting caught up on work was not going to happen today.

Tuesday morning I logged on to apple.com/retail to find my favorite Apple store and set up an appointment to see a Mac Genius. The worst part was carrying a Mac Pro 2 x 2.66 Dual-Core Intel Xeon through Sax Fifth Avenue and into the mall to get some help (those things are heavy). Read the rest of this entry »